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Pete Kember
On this third episode of Soft Focus at ATP UK, Ian Svenonius sits down with one of the world’s greatest rock and roll experimentalists, Pete Kember.
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Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore
Sitting down with two perennially fine composers, writers, and artists—and one-half of Sonic Youth.
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J Mascis
J opens up about the secrets of songwriting, an east-coast punk upbringing, and his near total disregard for bass.
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Dead Moon
Fred and Toody Cole are part of the Greatest Generation of Rockers.
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Buzz Osborne
Buzz Osborne is still in our books as the all-time king of heavy stoner shit.The day he graduated high school he turned to three of his friends and said “Hey, let’s form that band the
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Suicide
Suicide are best known as the old New York punk band that most of the other old New York punk bands hated. Now everyone loves them.
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Jon Spencer
Jon Spencer was and is one of the greatest musical guys of our time, and if you weren’t into Pussy Galore or Boss Hog or Blues Explosion at some point, you are not a badass. Sorry.
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Graham Coxon
Former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon on why Brits write off American bands as lazy. In this edition of Soft Focus, Ian speaks with former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon. Graham discusses his mixed fe…
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Alan and Richard Bishop
The Sun CIty Girls show us how to kill the entire government.
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Mick Collins
Mick does the rhythm of a car plant to explain the Detroit sound
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Steve Albini
This week Ian heads to Chicago to talk with the city’s most famous analog recording engineer about pretension, Pop Tarts, and the persistent decline of American taste.
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Jello Biafra
The Fred Schneider of punk takes issue with our advertisers.*
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Adam Horovitz
Ad-Rock has mixed feelings about calling the Beastie Boys the Beatles of Rap.
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Jennifer Herrema
Ian talks sports with the Royal Trux’s better half and raining queen of 90s trash rock.
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Ted Leo
New York’s favorite punk turned pop-star turned talk radio fixture is hiding out from America.
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Stephen Malkmus
Ian asks Stephen Malkmus the eternal question: Did Pavement shred? Or did they rock? Stephen Malkmus submits to Ian’s tender interrogation in this edition of Soft Focus. Getting started, I…
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Calvin Johnson
Ian talks with Calvin Johnson about E.F.Schumacher, Charlie Brown, and where he got all those sweaters.
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Bobby Gillespie
Ian chats with Bobby Gillespie about psychic dessication and stuff. In this edition of Soft Focus, Ian talks to Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream . Bobby details his musical pedigree, from Altere…
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Terry Hall
Terry Hall shares what it’s like to be better than Bono.
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Penny Rimbaud
Ian’s chat with Crass’s founding drummer and writer gets off to a rousing start with Penny declareing his slight preferences for the Beatles over the Stones, for at least “not
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Shaun Ryder
Shaun Ryder investigates the mystery of American sobriety. In this edition of Soft Focus UK, Ian heads back to Manchester to talk with Shaun Ryder of the Happy Mondays and Black Grape. The two g…
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Billy Childish
Billy Childish on Nazis and the death of professionalism. In this edition of Soft Focus UK, Ian sits down with Billy Childish, easily the most prolific Western artist of the past century. He&rsq…
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Kevin Shields
Kevin takes us through the technical minutia behind MBV’s crazy bendy dream-sound. In this edition of Soft Focus Ian sits down with the man behind My Bloody Valen…
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Mark E. Smith
Mark E. Smith apologizes for English TV. In this special Mancunian edition of Soft Focus Ian sits down with Mark E. Smith, singer and only continuous member of the Fall, to talk about his role i…
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Andrew W.K.
Andrew W.K. on composing his unique brand of non-judgmental music. In this edition of Soft Focus Ian sits down with Andrew WK and they discuss AWK’s transition fr…
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Chan Marshall
Cat Power’s Chan Marshall gets loose with Ian.
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Genesis P. Orridge
Genesis P. Orridge, the creator of the very idea of industrial music and leader of Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, and COUM Transmissions sits down to talk about
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Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins and Ian Svenonius begin a week’s worth of witty repartee, touching at first on government surveillance and Henry’s appearance on Australia’s terrorism watch list…
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Ian Mackaye
Mythic DC punk rock figures Ian Mackaye and Ian Svenonius in a friendly, funny, compelling debate.
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Will Oldham
Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie Prince Billy) tells Ian about the suffering and degradation audiences want from rock stars.
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